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Vose joined Investec in April last year. He was previously head of global developed markets at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership, where he was responsible for the group’s global, Japanese and US equity funds. The £302.6m Investec global dynamic fund invests aims to provide long-term capital growth primarily through investment in global equities.

The Office of Tax Simplification will review the pensioner tax system as the Treasury looks to simplify the pensions tax regime. In a letter to Treasury exchequer secretary David Gauke last month, OTS chairman Michael Jack said: “For the estimated 5.6m people of pensionable age paying tax, this area is widely acknowledged as causing too […]

Leading fund managers have clashed over the outlook for UK retailers. Schroders head of UK equities Richard Buxton (pictured) and M&G fixed income manager James Tomlins both see the potential of UK retailers, whereas Premier’s Simon King has been steering away from them. Premier UK equities senior investment manager Simon King, who runs £220m of […]

The Treasury select committee is calling on HMRC to clarify the VAT treatment of advice under the retail distribution review as soon as possible. In its report on the RDR, published today, the TSC says the revenue should work with the FSA if necessary to clear up confusion among some advisers about how VAT will […]

As 11,000 athletes descended on the sporting venues of Rio de Janeiro, the back pages have been awash with news from Brazil. At the same time, the country has been one of the best-performing global equity markets in 2016, with the MSCI Brazil Index up a staggering 79 per cent in sterling terms year-to-date.* Indeed, emerging markets […]

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HM Revenue & Customs has published guidance on how new income tax bands in Scotland will affect pension schemes and their members. The note is a response to the Scottish Government’s confirmation it will introduce five income tax bands for 2018/19. Pension savers in Scotland currently receive pension tax relief at their marginal rate but […]

SimplyBiz Group is considering an initial public offering of £150m on the London Stock Exchange. According to a Reuters report, the potential float could value the company between £140m and £155m and is expected to raise £30m of new money. SimplyBiz joint group chief executive Matt Timmins confirms the business has recently appointed Zeus Capital as […]

Brewin Dolphin has been ranked the preferred DFM in a Money Marketing survey of advisers and paraplanners, well ahead of the next most favoured, Quilter Cheviot. Thirty-three per cent of respondents listed the business as their preferred DFM, followed by 10.2 per cent responding in favour of Quilter Cheviot. LGT Vestra, Brooks Macdonald and Parmenion […]